Hair-pin.



J. K. HAGKETT.

HAIR PIN.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 6. 1907.

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Specification oi Letters Patent.

rem-i filed mm s, 1957. Serial No. 377,568.

Patented June 9, 190 8.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James lin'rnmns llAoKE'r'r, a citizen. oi the United States of America, residing in the city oi New York, in the State of 'li'orlr, in the United States of Amer is, have invented f end useful improvements in Hair Like, ol. which the iollowinqis a spec My invention relates to improvements in hair-pins and the like, and the object of the invention is to dcvis means of securely fastening the pin in the hair and thus preserve ornaments of value, adorning the head of the erson, from. loss, and it consists essentially barb in a wire or rod having a cd end slidsbly arranged in a recess or b J in the pin, the preferable construction being fully set forth in the present specification and SLNNFVKI in theaccompanying drawings that form par of the some. I

In the drawings, Figure l is a pespective view of a hair pin of the U shaped type showing the barb protruding from one side thereof and the barb hidden in its other side. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the )in showing; the arrangement of the rods and barbs thcrewithin. the outer end of the pin.. 1

Referring to the drawings, 1 and .2 are the prongs of the pin here shown as having corrugations 3 in the inner sides thereof.

4 and 5 are narrow recesses in the head of the-pin extending longitudinally and havin the bottom thereof curred outwardly 1111 downwardl' and leading to the bores 6 and 7 prongs of said pin. The bore 6 terminates near the oint end of the prong 1 and the bore "4" inter mediate of the lengthof the prong: and the pockets 8 and 9 are formed at the minatioi'i of said bores 6 and 7 Jectively.

1.0 and 11 are orifices leading; through the inner sides of the prongs into the upper ends of the pockets 8 and. 9 the openinszs to said orifices being preferably arrange in u db atel y below the apex of the corrue i:- that in the passage oi the orongs or gun through the hair the edge oi said 1 will not catch on, the hair.

1'2 and 13 are rods preferably iormr-d of a resilient proprrtic at their lower ends 15 respectively and at the extremity of the knobs is an 17.

the said rods bein; ior with the barbs 14 a1 their ent upper l l l l l 1 l l The upper ends of saidrods 12 and 13 are bent to conform to the beds of the recesses 4 and 5. The rods 12 and 13 extend into and through the bores 6' and 7 respectively, the lower barbed ends enteeing t 1e pockets 8 and 9, while the upper ends of said rods extend through the'recesses 4 and 5 respectively. The knobs 16 and 17 secured to the rods 12 and 13 beyond the outer surface of the pin back in order thet 'tion of said the posx rods in the said bores may be controlled by said knobs. The barbs 14 and 15 roject. into the orifices 1i) and 11 end pre erably have sharply pointed ends.

In the use oi this device, the rods 12 and 13 are moved downwardly in the bores 6 and '7 by sliding the knobs 16 and 1'? to the outer end of the recesses 4L nude. This has the effect of pushing the lower end of the rode into the pockets 8 and 9 which draws in the barbs 14 and 15, thus completely hiding them within the 10 and 11. pin is inserted into the hair of the wearerand when in lace the knobs 16 and 17 are drawn towar s one another, which hasthe effect of p wardly in the bores 6 and 7 with the conse-v quence that the barbs 14 and 15\ protrude beyond the prongs from the orifices 10 and 11 into and among the hair;

The hair pin with the barbs protruding cannot readily be removed from the heir", until the knobs are of the recesses 4 and 5, that is to say, spread one from the other and as before explained, the rods will be forced outwardly by this action and the barbs consequently hidden in I the recesses and orifices provided therefor. The hair pin with the herbs thus hidden may be removed as easily any ordinary hair pin.

(he parts to this invention may, of course, be made very ornamental for the pin will not fall out of the hair of itself and cannot esdily be drawn out, therefore precious stones may be used for the knobs, and in fact all the visible part of the pin can be covered with setting of precious stones without fear of loss from any ordinary cause.

The description herein is confined to a passage between the recesses within the prongs of the pin, but it must be understood that without departing from the spirit of my'in vention, this passage-may be formed in any. suitable manner and further the recesses ulling the rods 12 and 13 outmoved to the outer ends no i may be changed if desirable, the main fea- [formation of the bed of said recess and ex tending downwardly through said bore 'into said pocket and having a barb at the lower end adapted'to project outwardly through Ahair pin, havingaprong extending'from said orifice and spring inwardly into said the head thereof and formed with suitable pocket, substantially as described. longitudinal corrugations, said prong having i Signed at the city of Montreal, in the Disa longitudinal bore leading from an are l trict of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec,

shaped recess in the head to a pocket in proximity to the point of the prong and an i June, 1907.

orifice through the inner wall of saidprong l tures of the invention being the rod and the barb slidablv arranged in or on the prong. What 1 claim as my invention is:

JAMES K. IIACKEIT.

from a point below the apex of a corrugation Witnesses: to the 11 per end of said pocket, anda spring (in/ on 'liucsmnnn, Wire ro curved at the upper end to the coni I. sue-E.

I in the Dominion of Canada, this ilst dag .il' 

